PhilHealth

Privacy body probes PhilHealth liability in ‘Medusa’ breach

October 5, 2023
The National Privacy Commission yesterday said it was looking at the possible liability of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) after hackers began exposing data of the state health insurer on the dark web after failing to get US$300,000 in ransom payment. “In this case, we’re investigating whether or not there was possible negligence in […]
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‘Medusa’ leaks PhilHealth data

October 4, 2023
But membership, financial, claims details intact, agency claims Hackers have started exposing data of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) on the dark web, the state health insurer admitted Tuesday, a day after denying the group’s $300,000 ransom demand and dismissing the threat of information getting leaked online as “clearly a bluff.” PhilHealth senior vice […]
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PhilHealth website, member’s portal active again

September 30, 2023
The website and member’s portal of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) went back online yesterday after eight days of being offline after a ransomware attack. Philhealth’s e-Claims system also resumed online operations yesterday. The Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) earlier advised Philhealth to shut down its public-facing application systems to isolate key […]
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PhilHealth won’t pay P17 million ransom demand from hackers

September 26, 2023
The government on Tuesday said it will not pay $300,000 or P17 million ransom demand from hackers for the stolen database of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). “According to our initial investigation, there were around 72 workstations that were affected and the systems affected are, of course, our website, our e-claims system, our member […]
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